Where does “tanssiperformanssi” come from?
tanssiperformanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssi, from Swedish dans, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.
Ancestry of “tanssiperformanssi”, step by step
tanssiperformanssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tanssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tanssi | dance; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Swedish | dans | dance |
| 3 | Old French | dance | dance |
| 4 | Old French | dancier | to dance |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *dantiāre | — |
via Finnish performanssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | performanssi | performance |